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Related: About this forumGlenn Beck proposes new community founded in liberty, then outlines a long list of restrictions.
He'll dictate which stores can operate there, what you can eat on the 4th of July, what music to listen to, and the kind of yard you'll be allowed to have.
Jon Stewart has the deets.
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/stewart-eviscerates-glenn-beck%E2%80%99s-freedom-town-plans-sounds-like-a-%E2%80%98perfect-marxist-utopia%E2%80%99/
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-january-29-2013/america-2--now-with-more-freedom
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)and who voted him leader or is he just Dictator Beck??
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)What is acceptable in Beckschreich?
Acceptable Music: "Chrstian" Music, County "Music" sans Cash/Nelson/Jennings, Ted Nugent,
Kid Rock, and Pat Boone
Acceptable Businesses: Wal-Mart, Cabelas
Acceptable autos: SUV's, pick-up trucks, 12 cyl luxury cars (all gas eaters)
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What is NOT acceptable in Beckschreich?
Target, because they pay 5 cents more an hour than Wally world
Competition in the market place
Small businesses (can't deny the oligarchs that additional 50k a year)
Auto Restrictions: No hybrids/electric cars
Religion/Minorities
Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Shintos, Budhists, Athiests, Wiccans, dark skinned people, immigrants
Disaster aid
Safety standards
Hollywood films
Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts). . . with a straight face and even while sounding concerned, hopeful and idealistic.
The idea of "freedom" from the far right is really silly, but Beck really hammered it. Did I hear him say that he was putting his little community in Idaho. That was a nice touch, or am I the only one who remembers how neo-Nazis used to hang out there twenty or thirty years ago? Yes, sir, when he says "freedom," he really means the freedom to be a white racist Christofascist.
I don't know what Jon Stewart was doing in the video. Did Beck need him to explain the irony of what he was saying?
This is really funny stuff. Thanks for posting.
tanyev
(42,623 posts)Any of these "communities" actually manage to get off the ground, I predict they'll quickly end in angry lawsuits, criminal charges, or even tragedy.
Courtesy Flush
(4,558 posts)People will be shot for certain. If they can't have gun shows without shooting each other, then they surely can't live together in safety.
In the end, there will be honor killings.